The EIU view

The president, Martín Vizcarra, scored a major political victory after the approval of a slate of political reforms in a national referendum on December 9th 2018. The development is a net positive, but is far from a panacea for Peru's many structural challenges. Mr Vizcarra will seek to strengthen anti-graft mechanisms and undertake pro-competitive policy reform, but progress on this will be mixed. Notwithstanding volatile global conditions, growth is expected to be relatively firm.

Illegal logging causes friction with US
The US government's consideration of a formal trade promotion agreement challenge to Peru appears to have been triggered by the reduction of funding for the forestry auditor.

Varies by region and altitude. In general, temperate on the coast, tropical in the jungles, cool in the highlands; the western highlands have a dry climate, but there is heavy rainfall in the eastern and northern highlands between October and April